Putting Cluttering on the World Map: Formation of the International Cluttering Association

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Re: cluttering therapy

From: FLORENCE MYERS
Date: 03 Oct 2007
Time: 13:27:42 -0500
Remote Name: 24.45.108.13

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YOU RAISED ONE OF THE MOST CENTRAL ISSUES RELATED TO ANY DISORDER: THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF CLUTTERING. MY COLLEAGUE KEN ST. LOUIS AND I HAVE PUBLISHED SEVERAL RESOURCES ON CLUTTERING TREATMENT AND, MORE RECENTLY, CAME OUT WITH A DVD ON CLUTTERING AND ITS DIAGNOSIS/TREATMENT. THIS DVD CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE STUTTERING FOUNDATION. I SUSPECT THAT TREATMENT EFFICACY VARIES FROM CLIENT TO CLIENT. HOWEVER, IF I WERE TO SELECT TWO PRIME GOALS TO WORK ON, THEY WOULD BE TO USE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE SELF-AWARENESS (E.G.SENSORY FEEDBACK, PRAGMATIC FEEDBACK FROM LISTENER) AND WAYS TO MODULATE RATE SO THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKS IN A MORE MONITORED AND SLOWER RATE. SPEAKING FASTER THAN ONE CAN HANDLE IS LIKELY TO BE A MAJOR CULPRIT, RESULTING THE THE VARIOUS SYMPTOMS WE SEE IN CLUTTERING (RANGING FROM POOR SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY, POOR COHESION AND COHERENCE OF LANGUAGE, DISFLUENCIES).


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